In May the ICTR reduced the sentence of Ntabakuze and affirmed the sentences of two others. Ntabakuze's sentence was reduced from life in prison to 35 years after the court heard his appeal [JURIST reports] last fall. Last December the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR lowered [JURIST report] the sentence of Bagosora from life to 35 years in prison. The court had overturned several of his convictions but upheld the conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity. The ICTR also reduced the life sentence of Anatole Nsengiyumva [ICTR materials] to 15 years, reversing several of his convictions. He was released for time served.

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